Android News

Since its launch back in November, the Galaxy Note has been slowly but surely picking up steam as it heads towards a US release. In December, Samsung reported to have shipped one million units of the phone globally, and is now revealing that 700,000 Notes shipped in South Korean since the phone first hit shelves. [...]

For the past year or two, HTC has been pumping out new smartphones almost as quickly as those crazy Duggars have been popping out children. That’s not to say that other Android manufacturers aren’t guilty of the same (looking at you, Moto), but HTC is among the first to finally say enough is enough. The [...]

Some major players have responded to Senator Al Franken’s questions surrounding Carrier IQ and its practices. Usage data has been revealed by AT&T and Sprint, and Samsung and HTC have disclosed figures on Carrier IQ as well. Sprint seems to be the most heavily involved with the tracking service, deploying it on over 26 million [...]

After an initial leak back in May, we were led to believe that the Gingerbread update for the Motorola DROID PRO was right around the corner. After a series of delays any buzz about the push to Android 2.3 was silenced. Over the next few months Moto managed to (slowly) bring Gingerbread to their entire [...]

With Android’s next big update right around the corner, handset manufacturers are already starting to make plans regarding getting the new iteration of Google’s smartphone OS to their current generation of handset. Sony Ericsson has confirmed to SoMobile that their entire lineup of devices released in 2011 will receive an upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich. Google’s [...]

You know that Vonage commercial with the Japanese rock group touring around the United States playing for some bumpkins in the middle of nowhere? Now that can be you, too, Android users. Vonage has released their Extensions app enabling free VoIP calling to international locations without the need to sign up for additional service beyond [...]

Just the other day HTC confirmed that the Android 2.3 update for the HTC Droid Incredible would be headed to handsets this month, and after a few leaks and an updated support page from Verizon, it appears the new version of Android has already started its rollout to Verizon customers. Android Forums member toddsts took a [...]

Online wireless retailer “LetsTalk” announced today that they will be offering $ 50 off any smartphone in Verizon Wireless’s lineup from now, through Wednesday, August 31st. The offer is only good when you sign up for a 2-year agreement and when use coupon code “bbafocf6″ during checkout. Say what you will about all the upcoming [...]

Just as RIM has promised Android Application support on its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, Bloomberg is reporting that the same functionality will eventually migrate to the manufacturer’s future lineup of QNX-powered smartphones. We won’t see the new QNX devices until at least next year, but the move is a smart one as more and more developers flock [...]

AT&T’s senior vice president of mobility and consumer marketing has mentioned that they will not be offering LTE handsets until late 2011. Starting out, they will only offer laptop dongles and mobile wifi hotspots, just as every carrier has done in launching their new 4G networks. The launch is on schedule for this summer still, [...]